Members of the International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic speak to the press after a field mission. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré commissions/missions with mandates of longer duration and sizeable reports. Summaries can also be more easily translated. If the mandate is silent regarding the publication of the report, the mandating authority will have to decide on the modalities of its public release. 6. AFTER THE COMMISSION HAS ENDED ITS WORK With the submission of the final report to the mandating authority, the work of the commission/mission ends. Members may sometimes make comments to the media in their capacity as “ex-members”. Ideally, any substantive points made in such circumstances should be agreed with all the former members beforehand. Statements made after the mandate has ended should make it clear that the former members make them in an individual, rather than official, capacity. However, in accordance with the undertaking on confidentiality made as part of the declaration upon appointment (see Declaration by members, above), members shall not publicly disclose any confidential information after their mandate has ended, including about the deliberations of the commission/mission. GUIDANCE AND PRACTICE 87